"Under the Air" is a series of short stories focusing on the greed and despair of people jostling for space on the surface of a little planet called Earth.
The first episode, entitled "Man Who Visits Joe," features a white male racist who has received an organ transplant from a black man without his knowledge and tries to hide it. The last episode, entitled "Couple under the Air," depicts the tragedy of a couple who have grown from babies to adults on life-sustaining machines after all other humans have become extinct. Many episodes of this series are critical of civilization.
Under the Air has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 空気の底, Under the Air, Bajo el Aire
Genres: Thriller , Seinen , Supernatural , Science Fiction , Mystery , War
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Top Manga Like Under the Air (Kuuki no Soko) [2025 List]
1. U wa Uchuusen no U
An adaptation of eight Ray Bradbury stories.
1. R is for Rocket
A group of boys dream of one day riding a rocket into space.
2. The Screaming Woman
"When you're living on a street like I'm living on, you just don't think awful things are going to happen. Like shooting, or stabbing, or burying people under the ground, practically in your back yard. And when it does happen, you don't believe it."
3. The Fog Horn
The sea is full of ancient wonders, perhaps even beyond human understanding. And once a year, the sounds of a fog horn reach them...
4. The Lake
Even after years away from the beaches of his childhood, the memories of a young man still remain when he returns.
5. Come Into My Cellar
It seems innocent enough when Mary's brothers receive in the mail their order of mushrooms to grow in the basement, but as the day goes on her suspicions rise.
6. Homecoming
Everyone's coming for All Hallow's Eve, which only serves to remind Timothy how much he feels like the family's black sheep.
7. Jack-in-the-Box
Her house is the world; her deceased father, God. Donna is wildly intrigued by what lies beyond those walls even though her Mother and teacher assure her that there's only death. But... what does "death" mean?
8. The Rocket Man
Doug's father is a Rocket Man, home at last after a three-month trip. Turns out that working in space isn't as wonderful as it seems, and yet it keeps calling him back.
U wa Uchuusen no U has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: ウは宇宙船のウ, UU is for Spaceship, R is For Rocket, The Screaming Woman, The Fog Horn, The Lake, Come Into My Cellar, Homecoming, Jack-in-the-Box, The Rocket Man
